# derribar
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese derribar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably from Vulgar Latin *deripo, from ripa. Cognate with Old Spanish derribar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deriˈbaɾ/ [d̪e.riˈβ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: de‧rri‧bar

### Verb

derribar (first-person singular present derribo, first-person singular preterite derribei, past participle derribado)
* (transitive) to bring down, topple, demolish, take down
    Synonym: derrubar
** 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 665:Et dona Sol, quando vio seu padre, derribou as toucas et começou a messar os cabelos, que auia taes com̃o fios d'ouro.And when lady Sol saw her father she took dawn her shawls and began to tear out her hairs, which were as threads of gold

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “derribar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “derribar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “derribar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “derribar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “derribar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “derribar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “derrubar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /de.ʁiˈba(ʁ)/ [de.hiˈba(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /de.ʁiˈba(ʁ)/ [de.hiˈba(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /de.ʁiˈba(ɾ)/ [de.hiˈba(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /de.ʁiˈba(ʁ)/ [de.χiˈba(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /de.ʁiˈba(ɻ)/ [de.hiˈba(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.ʁiˈbaɾ/ [dɨ.ʁiˈβaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.ʁiˈbaɾ/ [dɨ.ʁiˈβaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.ʁiˈba.ɾi/ [dɨ.ʁiˈβa.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: der‧ri‧bar

### Verb

derribar (first-person singular present derribo, first-person singular preterite derribei, past participle derribado)
* Alternative form of derrubar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *derīpāre, from Latin rīpa, whence English river and riven (“torn apart violently”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deriˈbaɾ/ [d̪e.riˈβ̞aɾ]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: de‧rri‧bar

### Verb

derribar (first-person singular present derribo, first-person singular preterite derribé, past participle derribado)
* to bring down, to shoot down
    Synonym: abatir
* to knock down, to demolish, to break down, to tear down, to topple, to pull down, to kick down, to batter down
    Synonym: derruir
* to overthrow
    Synonym: derrocar
* to take down, to tackle, to knock over

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* derribador
* derribamiento
* derribo

#### Related terms

* arriba
* ribera
* ribete

#### See also

* arruinar
* demoler
* humillar
* trastornar

### Further reading

* “derribar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10